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Onward cover art

Onward

Downpour Interactive · 2025-03-25

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Mar 25, 2025 (SteamVR), Nov 09, 2017 (Oculus Rift), Jul 30, 2020 (Meta Quest 2), Jul 30, 2020 (Oculus Quest), Sep 11, 2017 (Oculus VR)

Onward is the most immersive tactical VR shooter. Join your squad for a wide variety of competitive PvP, co-op PvE, and solo game modes, including intense multiplayer battles or 4-player co-op missions. Realistic weaponry and combat mechanics will push your survival and combat skills to their limit

Onward is an Action, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 9,303 reviews).

2
playing now
68%
positive of 9.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (532 downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$24.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Onward trailer thumbnail

Onward | Official Trailer

≈823,621 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 86 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (478 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 27,712 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 186k–419k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,305 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $12.49 at Steam (2019-06-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
35735720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 357 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3312026-09-15 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 33 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 20 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 22 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 25 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1481Jul 2016Aug 2026Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Nov 2016 — avg 51 · peak 133Mar 2017 — avg 62 · peak 148Jul 2017 — avg 64 · peak 178Nov 2017 — avg 73 · peak 167Mar 2018 — avg 80 · peak 201Jul 2018 — avg 100 · peak 318Nov 2018 — avg 83 · peak 267Mar 2019 — avg 70 · peak 208Jul 2019 — avg 92 · peak 1,576Nov 2019 — avg 97 · peak 363Mar 2020 — avg 108 · peak 329Jul 2020 — avg 126 · peak 261Nov 2020 — avg 101 · peak 265Mar 2021 — avg 108 · peak 248Jul 2021 — avg 100 · peak 218Nov 2021 — avg 71 · peak 187Mar 2022 — avg 77 · peak 203Jul 2022 — avg 71 · peak 153Nov 2022 — avg 45 · peak 114Mar 2023 — avg 44 · peak 114Jul 2023 — avg 41 · peak 91Nov 2023 — avg 44 · peak 110Mar 2024 — avg 43 · peak 110Jul 2024 — avg 30 · peak 69Nov 2024 — avg 26 · peak 78Mar 2025 — avg 39 · peak 171Jul 2025 — avg 20 · peak 63Nov 2025 — avg 16 · peak 43Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 42Jul 2026 — avg 12 · peak 34Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 43
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$0.002016-08-302025-01-022016-08-30 — best price $24.992017-06-22 — best price $19.992017-09-18 — best price $24.992017-12-21 — best price $14.992018-04-23 — best price $24.992018-07-19 — best price $14.992018-09-24 — best price $14.992018-10-29 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $24.992019-06-06 — best price $12.492019-07-10 — best price $24.992019-10-01 — best price $17.492019-11-04 — best price $0.002020-03-16 — best price $12.492020-07-09 — best price $24.992020-11-25 — best price $16.242020-12-12 — best price $24.992021-06-24 — best price $17.492021-11-01 — best price $24.992022-06-23 — best price $12.492022-11-29 — best price $24.992023-02-13 — best price $17.992023-09-05 — best price $24.992023-12-04 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-03-14 — best price $18.742024-04-22 — best price $24.992024-12-19 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteamVR Collectibles

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRFPSWarIndieActionShooterViolentMilitaryTacticalRealistic

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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